Løkke calls new attempt a test balloon that cannot fly
Attempts to form a minority blue government in Denmark are dismissed by the kingmaker Lars Løkke Rasmussen. He calls the proposal “a test balloon that cannot fly.”
WorldAttempts to form a minority blue government in Denmark are dismissed by the kingmaker Lars Løkke Rasmussen. He calls the proposal “a test balloon that cannot fly.”
WorldThe election outcome in Denmark has been described as historically fragmented. Twelve parties, with no clear coalition alignments, will compete for government power. One alternative is that Denmark will have a "monster government," says Sune Bechmann Pedersen, associate professor of history at Stockholm University.
World politicsCecilie Liv Hansen took a seat in parliament for the Liberal Alliance after Tuesday's election. But now she is being expelled from the party, which accuses her of providing "incorrect information of a significant nature."
World politicsMette Frederiksen's Social Democrats have suffered a historically bad result. But the party is still the largest in Denmark - and Frederiksen wants to lead Denmark again. "I am ready to take on the responsibility as Denmark's prime minister for the next four years," she says to cheers at the party's election vigil in Copenhagen.
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